02 Dec 2019
WRN Editorial Staff
Pope Meets With Buddhist Monk Pope Francis met with the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch Somdej Phra Maha Muneewong of Thailand late last month, on a four-day tour of Southeast Asia. The Pontiff called for inter-faith...
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Six Religions that have distinguishing dress codes and the symbolism behind them. It is quite difficult to identify an individual’s faith based on appearance alone. But for the heads or leaders...
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To become a Catholic Priest or a Jewish Rabbi requires years of training and study. To become a Buddhist Monk one must give up gainful employment and all worldly possessions, take a vow of chastity, and engage...
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Interfaith interview series Devotion examines doubts of the faithful. As a sophomore English major at Loyola Marymount University, I enrolled in World Religions. Our professor was a Jesuit priest,...
Read more →Two years after suffering a stroke, Thich Nhat Hanh travels to Thailand to be closer to his homeland of Vietnam. Thich Nhat Hanh, popularly referred to as Thay by his followers, is a Vietnamese Buddhist...
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Conan learns life at a Buddhist Temple is a little different than he imagined. We're loving this funny clip of Conan O'Brien at a Buddhist Temple in Korea. O'Brien is accompanied by Steven Yeun...
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Long-time Buddhist comedian Garry Shandling will become a monk during his Buddhist funeral service next month. The famous Larry Sanders Show star Garry Shandling will be given a Buddhist funeral...
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Phra Subin Paneeto, a Buddhist monk in Thailand, has been heading his own highly successful micro lending organization since the early 1990s. It is not unusual to consider Buddhist monks in the same...
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10 Apr 2015 Alison Lesley
Good news coming from PlumVillage.org has it that Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was inflicted with a deadly brain hemorrhage back in November 2014, has shown fantastic improvement...
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In a letter issued by the monks and nuns in Plum Village, it was announced that Thich Nhat Hanh’s health is improving after suffering a stroke last year and falling into a coma. The statement offers...
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